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Sehring, Adolf,
Wagner Foundry,
Portrait female -- Pocahontas
Ethnic -- Indian
Object -- Vegetable
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Gloucester
Sculpture
Indian Princess Pocahontas, (sculpture).
Artist:
Sehring, Adolf, sculptor.
Wagner Foundry, founder.
Title:
Indian Princess Pocahontas, (sculpture).
Dates:
1994. Dedicated Nov. 19, 1994.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Pedestal: granite; Platform: brick.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 58 x 24 x 22 in.; Pedestal: approx. 5 ft. x 50 1/2 in. x 52 in.; Platform: approx. 12 x 95 x 95 in.
Inscription:
(Front of pedestal:) Indian Princess/POCAHONTAS/1595 - 1616/of/Werowocomoco/Wicomico/Gloucester County/Virginia/Sculpture by Adolf Sehring/A.D. 1994 signed
Description:
A full-length portrait of Indian princess Pocahontas at about age twelve. She wears Native-American costume, including a short, fringed dress that is tied at the waist and bares the arms and shoulders. She wears a shell necklace, earrings, and leather arm and leg bands. She carries a basket of corn in her proper left hand and holds out an ear of corn with her extended proper right hand. The figure is mounted on top of an inscribed pedestal which is atop a short platform.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Pocahontas -- Full length
Ethnic -- Indian -- Powhatan
Object -- Vegetable -- Corn
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Gloucester
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by County of Gloucester, Public Works, P. O. Box 329, Gloucester, Virginia 23061
Located Main Street, near St. Terese Church, Gloucester, Virginia
Remarks:
Nearby plaque, with County seal, lists: donors, remembrances, County supervisors, and School Board members.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS VA000236
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